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DETROIT -- When the Cleveland Indians poured onto the field to celebrate their first division title since 2007, their mounting list of concerns became secondary.Injuries to Michael Brantley, Carlos Carrasco, Danny Salazar -- and now ace Corey Kluber? The Indians have overcome all of it so far, and thats why the AL Central is theirs with about a week to spare.Cleveland clinched the division championship Monday night, overcoming an injury to Kluber in a 7-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Kluber left after four innings with right groin tightness, joining Carrasco and Salazar in a group of talented pitchers dealing with health problems.Brantley has barely played this year because of shoulder problems, and catcher Yan Gomes is out, too. Yet the Indians have held onto first place for more than three months.Its hard, man. It is so hard to explain how hard winning is, manager Terry Francona said. Weve had some challenges thrown our way, but so has everyone else. We managed to get this far, and now we get to play more baseball.Cleveland last made the postseason in 2013 as a wild card.Coco Crisp and Roberto Perez homered for the Indians, and Jason Kipnis doubled in a run.Buck Farmer (0-1) allowed four runs in five innings for the Tigers, who fell two games behind Baltimore for the second AL wild card.Andrew Miller (10-1) won in relief, and Cody Allen pitched the ninth for his 30th save in 33 chances.Crisp and Detroits J.D. Martinez traded two-run homers in the second, and Cleveland took the lead for good in the fifth on the double by Kipnis. Mike Napolis sacrifice fly later that inning made it 4-2.With the division title 15 outs away, the Indians took the field for the bottom of the fifth without their ace. Kluber, the team leader with 18 wins, was replaced by Dan Otero, and the announcement about the 2014 AL Cy Young Award winners groin problem came a little while later.Hes good, but he has a groin thing that hes fighting, Francona said. It started getting him in the third and again in the fourth, so I grabbed him. I told him we need to find a way to win a game, but we arent going far without him, so we need to get him healthy and let him do what he does.Miguel Cabrera made it 4-3 with an RBI single, but Perez led off the seventh with a drive to right to put the Indians back up by two.Cabrera added another run-scoring single in the seventh, but Perez -- who entered the game hitting .168 -- answered with another big hit in the eighth, lining an RBI single up the middle.Cleveland made it 7-4 on an error by Martinez in right.Miller, the third reliever for the Indians, struck out four of the six hitters he faced before giving way to Allen. The final out came on a strikeout by Cameron Maybin.It was fitting that Cleveland clinched the division with a head-to-head victory over the Tigers, because thats how the Central was won. The Indians are 14-2 against Detroit with three games left in the season series.I cant really explain it, but the truth is, theyve outplayed us, Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. Theyve outhit us, theyve outpitched us, theyve out-defended us. Its simple.Cleveland also has been solid against other teams, of course. The Indians won 14 games in a row from June 17 to July 1, a run that coincided with the Cavaliers winning the NBA title to end the citys 52-year championship drought.The Indians are aiming to win the World Series for the first time since 1948.As soon as we got hold of first place, you saw probably the tightest grip on it ever, Kipnis said. We never let go of it, and thats how much this team competed.FRIENDLY CROWDThe Indians werent able to clinch the division crown at home, but Detroit is only about 170 miles from Cleveland, and there were plenty of fans chanting Lets Go Tribe! after this one was over. A large group of Indians supporters gathered behind their dugout on the first base side.It was awesome, especially that last inning when theyre all chanting, going crazy, Napoli said. Obviously, we wanted to do it at home, but to be able to come here, play Detroit, a team that we can get it done against. Its nice.TRAINERS ROOMIndians: Salazar (strained forearm) threw a bullpen session before the game.Tigers: Ausmus said 3B Nick Castellanos (left hand) could be back before the weekend. Hes currently in the instructional league.UP NEXTIndians: Cleveland sends RHP Mike Clevinger (2-2) to the mound Tuesday night at Detroit.Tigers: Detroit counters with RHP Justin Verlander (15-8), who struck out 11 against Minnesota last Thursday.---Follow Noah Trister at www.Twitter.com/noahtrister Dennis Rodman Jersey . Barcelona also left injured defenders Carles Puyol, Javier Mascherano and Jordi Alba out of its squad for the trip to Glasgow. 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Denise Lewis has turned her attention from the heptathlon to rugby after advising Team GBs sevens sides ahead of the Rio Olympics.The former Olympic, European and Commonwealth champion has spoken to the nations rugby stars on everything from dodging fast food at the Games to why it is essential they bring their own pillows.The Sevens teams, who will be based in Rios Olympic Village, are sure to find find plenty of distractions, from food from every corner of the world to on-demand massages.Life in the Village will be a new experience for many in the Team GB contingent, and they have sought the advice of Lewis, who won heptathlon gold at the 2000 Games in Sydney, and former England international Stuart Pearce, who coached Great Britains football side in 2012, in a bid to acclimatise.Team GB star Dan Bibby hopes Lewis influence will be the difference between success and failure, while his teammate Marcus Watson noted her culinary advice.When Watson was asked what nuggets of information Lewis passed on, he said: Not to eat all the food. There is a 24-hour McDonnalds! Her main advice was about comprise.ddddddddddddThere might be little things there like at how in one of her Games she had a really small closet so took that out and put things on the floor. Its about doing what makes yourself feel comfortable.Bibby added: [There were] Also little things like take your own pillow -- one percent-ers -- but they might help you get a good sleep the night before the match.Away from practical advice, hearing Lewis recollections of her triumphant experiences at the Games helped Watson maintain his concentration and motivation through the gruelling training sessions.Its been inspirational, Watson said. Mentally its been the toughest camp I have been involved in. Everyday there are people gunning for your position and world class players.It was good having those two in to hear about their experiences and learning from them. We learnt from them and know what to do and what not to do in the village. ' ' '